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Age Cymru Swansea Bay

Age Cymru Swansea BayPublished 30 April 2014

Age Cymru Swansea Bay is a dynamic charity set up 40 years ago. Over the years we have adapted to meet the rising need of our clients, but maintaining our investment in volunteers. The Charities aim is to support people 50+ living in the City and County of Swansea, to maintain their independence.

We have a walk in service in the centre of Swansea from 9.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday, offering general advice and information, housing related advice, access to welfare benefit information and support to maximise people’s income, and access to a range of Age UK products including insurances, stair lifts, walk in baths, funeral plans etc.In addition to this we offer a range of specialist community based services, including support for people who are feeling lonely or isolated, support for people being discharged from hospital, practical assistance with small jobs at home and help getting online and a shopping and cleaning service. We are always developing new services to meet client’s needs. Being awarded the Investing in Volunteers award means so much to us as a charity. It will demonstrate to potential and current volunteers that their support, dedication and passion to help us and our clients are very much appreciated. We hold the volunteers at the centre of the charity and without their support, we would not be able to reach the amount of clients we do each week as well as offer the level of service to them. We hope this award will show those who are looking for voluntary work that we are the best one to join. They will be able to see from our website http://www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/swanseabay/ and volunteer dedicated Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ACSBVolunteerConnect the amount of work we put into making our volunteers feel supported and welcome at Age Cymru Swansea Bay.‘Volunteers play a crucial role in the delivery of our many services, and as an organisation it is important to recognise their valuable contribution, working with the volunteers to achieve this award, Investing in Volunteers has helped us to improve our processes and develop good practice in managing our volunteers. We are proud of this recognition of our commitment to our volunteers.’ Josephine James, Quality and Compliance Manager.

‘I am sure all our current volunteers will be thrilled to hear about our achievement and I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of them for all their hard work and commitment.’ Georgina Eadon, Volunteer Recruitment Officer.